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[[Lokbrá]] er [[Ísland|íslensk]] [[hljómsveit]] sem hefur verið starfandi frá árinu [[2000]]. Árið [[2003]] tók Lokbrá þátt í [[Músíktilraunir|Músíktilraunum]] Tónabæjar og komst í úrslit en hafnaði ekki í neinu sæti.
Lokbrá, gaf út fyrstu breiðskífu sína [[Army of Soundwaves]] [[2006]].
Gagnrýni fyrir Army Of Soundwaves / Reviews
'''Allmusic.com
Review by Stewart Mason
Lokbrá - Army of Soundwaves'''
As if the presence of a long-haired shirtless beardy dude on the front cover wasn't enough of a signifier,
there's a psychedelic kinship between Iceland's Lokbra
and their Scandinavian brethren the
Soundtrack of Our Lives and Motorpsycho.
However, with the exception of the epic freakout closer
"Nosirrah Egroeg," this quartet puts its progressive rock influences in a more contemporary musical setting:
Mercury Rev's brand of neo-psych pop is an equally obvious touchstone on the slower,
spacier songs, as is classic-era Radiohead. Meanwhile, harder-rocking songs like "Stop the Music" and the jaunty
"Ride the Walrus" feature prominent, almost danceable
rhythms that bear some similarity to the current crop of neo-post-punk dance-rockers following in Franz Ferdinand's wake.
The combination of psychedelic guitar and organ textures, modern beats, and unexpected stylistic detours like the mandolin and
harmonica-driven "Conference of Rats" makes
Army of Soundwaves a fairly unique and entirely enjoyable listen.
'''
Army of Soundwaves
Rating
****
'''
Release Date
Mar 28, 2006
Label
Lucid
Genre Styles
Rock
Indie Rock
Moods
Nocturnal
Brooding
Cerebral
Autumnal
Intimate
Stylish
Literate
Melancholy
Bittersweet
Reflective
Quirky
*******
"To our surprise, Pjodleikhskjallarinn, what looks like the most overblown building outside Nazi Germany,
contains a teeny weeny jazz club-tinged basement
where we stumble over another amazing band by the name of Lokbrs.
These kids know how to make us happy.
The little runt of a singer has all the Zeppelin IV
Zoso symbols tattooed on his scrawny pigeon chest
and the drummer's hair's so long it gets all muddled up with his sticks.
Inspired by classic and prog rock these guys play
some of the longest songs of the festival.
Ten minutes long and sometimes overly convoluted melody patters
blast out of the groups' speakers,
but there's something so genuine going on here
and it poops on most other groups so far.
Apart from the tunes these kids dress so bad, it's inspiring.
Five out of five vodkas."
-dr.Rock-
www.playlouder.com
'''
"Lokbra - Army of Soundwaves (Lucid)'''
set up the light show -
my pick of the week is this Haight-Ashbury sound from an Icelandic quartet -
swirling in space-journey jams and spooky white boy soul
like a spinning Grateful Dead dancer tripping to chipper British invasion melodies,
the Stranglers, Jane's Addiction, and the Verve"
-anchoragepress.com- -
John M. James
Lokbrá - Army of Soundwaves (Lucid Records)
Reviewed by Mark Oster
Here at Badresa, we don't review too many records from Reykjavik.
But Lokbrá's debut album is getting sent around stateside by Lake
County's Lucid Records, so, into our lap it falls. But yeah, they are
from Iceland...
Now that the collection of listeners that get their wallets out as soon
as they read the word "Reykjavik" have moved on to Interpunk, I
can tell the more discerning of you what this album is about. Frankly,
it's pretty good, but in a different way than you usually expect from
the island nation. With Moog and delayed Fender Telecaster, they explore
the atmosphere of sound, much like Sigur Rós, however, their music is further
rooted in the 70s than even the admittedly Eno-esque Rós. Lokbrá gets it&
muse from the more soulful and progressive aspect of the decade, recalling
"Some Girls" era Stones, "Abbey Road" era Beatles, Pink Floyd, Yes, and a
host of others over the course of the hourlong album, often smoothly jumping
from one to another over the course of a song. But Lokbrá hardly comes off
as self-indulgent, remaining tuneful and catchy throughout, with melodic,
somewhat spacey, vocals, not unlike an Icelandic David Gilmour, soar above in
broken but clear English. I don't think those who left us earlier to buy the
album are going to be disappointed, but I would also recommend it for fans of
modern revivalist acts ranging from My Morning Jacket all the way to
The Mars Volta.
www.badresa.com
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